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From YouTube: COVID-19 Community Update on May 17, 2021
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Hi
this
is
mayor
john
hamilton.
It's
monday
may
17
2021.
a
lot
of
news
today.
Many
of
you
are
aware.
I'm
sure
that
the
center
for
disease
control
last
thursday,
director
walensky
reported
indicated
that,
in
their
view,
those
who
are
fully
vaccinated
in
the
united
states
can
significantly
change
protocols
and
behaviors.
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If
you
choose,
they
recommended
that
if
you
are
fully
vaccinated
last
shot
plus
two
weeks
that
you
can
remove
a
mask
and
participate
in
in
normal
ways
in
many
many
many
activities
both
indoors
and
outdoors,
there
were
some
exceptions
on
public
transit
and
in
in
hospital
and
nursing
home
settings,
congregate
certain
congregate
settings
etc,
but
generally
indicating
the
ability
to
really
change
your
behaviors
if
you're
fully
vaccinated.
So
that
is
a
big
deal.
That's
a
big
day,
a
real
signal
of
the
incredible
effectiveness
of
vaccines.
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A
Now
I
I
personally
would
prefer
we
may
have
taken
a
little
slower
take
on
this,
but
it
is
where
we
are
and
so
effective.
Today,
on
monday,
the
county
health
orders
are
dissolved,
meaning
our
community
is
now
subject
only
to
the
state
health
rules
and
those
are
much
more
relaxed
than
ours.
The
mask
mandate
is
gone,
the
gathering
size
limits
are
gone,
and
rules
about
bars
and
restaurants
etc
are
gone.
A
I
felt
it
appropriate
in
that
circumstance
to
to
rescind
the
city
order
too,
which
had
only
tailored
a
very
small
number
of
the
county
health
orders
to
smaller
numbers,
so
essentially
we're
now
under
the
indiana
rules,
and
you
can
check
those
out
on
the
state
department
of
health
website
or
other
places.
Now,
it's
critically
important
to
note
the
cdc
recommendations
only
relate
to
people
who
are
fully
vaccinated
if
you
are
not
fully
vaccinated,
and
that
is
most
of
our
people,
both
locally
and
in
the
state
and
in
the
country.
A
As
you
know,
it's
very
complicated
now
because
of
course,
none
of
us
knows
by
looking
at
anybody,
whether
we're
vaccinated
or
not,
and
we
don't
have
a
formal
way
to
affirm
that
or
verify
it.
So,
there's
really
a
lot
of
questions
still
and
uncertainty
and
any
any
individual
institution,
whether
it's
an
employer
like
the
city
of
bloomington,
whether
it's
a
restaurant,
whether
it's
another
kind
of
gathering
a
facility,
can
choose
its
own
rules.
So
many
merchants,
many
people
are
trying
to
figure
this
out
on
the
fly.
A
It's
happened
very
quickly
and
on
the
one
hand,
it's
the
very
good
news
that
those
who
are
vaccinated
are
extremely
well
protected.
There's
new
data
showing
that,
on
the
other
hand,
we
still
face
risk
of
people
who
are
not
vaccinated
getting
seriously
ill
or
even
passing
away
from
this
disease,
which
is
still
among
us.
So
it's
a
complicated
time.
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A
So
it's
complicated
on
the
one
hand
celebrating
this
really
important
milestone,
on
the
other
hand,
being
sober
and
recognizing
that
we're
not
out
of
the
woods
there
are
people
still
getting
sick
and
being
hospitalized
and
even
dying
from
covid
in
our
midst.
So
it's
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
good
faith
effort.
A
lot
of
this
can
depend
upon
individual
choices
and
trying
to
do
the
right
thing
to
protect
yourself
and
your
family
and
your
community.
A
So
big
update
today
on
that
we
no
doubt
will
continue
to
be
reporting
on
those
kinds
of
changes,
but
in
the
in
the
basic
protocols.
Now
we
are
the
same
as
the
rest
of
the
state
of
indiana
in
terms
of
restrictions.
Masks
are
encouraged,
especially
for
those
who
are
not
vaccinated,
but
anyone
should
feel
welcome
to
wear
a
mask
anytime.
They
feel
comfortable
doing
so
and
we'll
keep
you
updated.
That's
enough
for
this
week,
thanks
for
all
that,
you're
doing,
please
make
the
right
decisions
and
please
get
vaccinated.